Camp Upton LI
May 10 1918
Dear Mother,
Arrived here today. We have barracks to live in. We are 60 miles from New York. I will write a letter tomorrow. It is rather cold here compared to Texas. Did not see much of New York.
Theo
About Me
- Theo Thourson
- I was born on February 22, 1882 in Springfield, Illinois to Swedish Immigrants. I have an eighth grade education but I love to read. I enlisted in the Illinois National Guard in April 1917. The Guard was Federalized in August 1917 as the 33rd Division. While in France serving in the AEF I wrote many letters to my mother and my sisters, Anna and Mabel,
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